human.

Assalamualaikum! hye guys!

I am not perfect!

I'm not the best servant of the Almighty God,
I'm not the best daughter,
I'm not the best friend,
I'm not the best leader,
I'm not the best follower,
I'm definitely no angel,
Who never does any wrong.

Have you ever felt like going back? Have you ever felt regret? As if you could go back to that one point in time, where you wish you'd acted in another way. If you didn't say what you ever said and put all the things back to the way it supposed to be? Because you knew what you did was wrong since you had a bad feeling in your heart, telling you that you have erred and you want to fix things and make everything okay but you just don't know how. I'm sure most of us have felt that way simply because we are human and the nature of humans, we cannot escape from making mistakes. Yes as humans, we are full of imperfections but it is how we handle those imperfections, how we improve ourselves, how we fulfill our responsibilities as a servant in this world that matters in the end.

Same as for me, I have made mistakes and sometimes I don’t know how to go back and make things right like it used to be. In the end I end up surrender, think that it’s okay to be wrong. We are human don’t we? But I was wrong. I should try to be good, try to do the best I could to avoid doing the same mistakes over and over again. In any religion especially Islam wanted us to show a good example as a human being and do our best so that our flaws and wrongs aren't flaunted to the whole world. It is not to make people think us an angel but because of what the prophet reminded us a long time. Like he said :

Anyone who pointed out in Islam a good example , then for them are their reward and the reward of anyone who do it after them, because of following them; without decreasing their reward in the least. Anyone who pointed out in Islam the bad example , upon them are their sins and the sins of anyone who do so after them, in following them; without decreasing the least of their sins. 

Muslim, Ahmad, Ibn Majah dan an-Nasa'i.

Anyone who invites toward the guide (hidayah) then upon them is the reward of those who follow, it did not reduce their reward in the least. Anyone who calls towards misguidance (dholalah) then upon them is the sin of those who follow them, it did not reduce the least of their sins.

Muslim, Ahmad, ad-Darimi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, at-Tirmidzi, Abu Ya'la dan Ibn Hibban

 

Dear friends, Allah is our Creator, Allah knows us more than we do. Allah knows that we are always forgetful and sometimes disobedient in obeying Allah but still asks us to hide it, don't show it to others because the nature of humans, we tend to follow things that happen around us. If we don't hold tight to our two sources, the Quran and Sunnah, we can easily stray, we can easily follow whatever we see, no matter it is wrong or right since our minds isn't limitless. It has its weaknesses. Realize it or not, showing a bad example to other people is as if we are no longer ashamed of our wrongs. What if others follow us? especially kids. Hmm same as me, we’re not the best servant who does too many amal so of course we don't want the little amal that we do to be cancelled out by that worthless stock that we 'bought'. May our flaws become a reminder to us that we are weak, we are forgetful, and we are full of weaknesses. Insyaallah. 

Let’s strive to become better every day so that we can truly fulfill our purpose of life which is as a servant of Allah and as a khalifah on the land of Earth. Remember that we do well only for Allah and no one else. We try to be a good example not because we want people's approval but because we want Allah's blessing in our lives. May there always have the way back to Allah. I would like to thanks all my buddies whom never tired of advising me to be a better person and keeps reminding me never forget our creator. Let’s pray for the best. After all we are human and we are tend to forgets. Let’s remind each other and may we all have a allah’s blessing in life.

quotes for today 

"akal mempertahankan barang yang pahit tapi manis akibatnya, nafsu mempertahankan barang yang manis tapi pahit akibatnya."

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with love,

snasryi